Wood-buck anchor



Oct. 21, 1930. P. GUSTAVESON 1,779,127

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My i'nvention'relates to a wood buck anchor,'i. e. a device preferably formed of sheet metal and which serves as an anchor or tie between the buck or wood frame that is are ranged in a masonry wall opening and the tile, brick, .or other blocks, that are laid in courses around said opening, and my invention has for its rincip'al objects the provision of a relatively simple, practical and inexpensive anchor and tie that may be easily and quickly secured to the buck or frame and which may be readily manipulated and arranged so as to form an'effective tie between said buck or frame and the adjacent portions of the tile or brick Wall.

My present invention is an improvement on a somewhat similar structure that is disclosed in my co-pending application for U. S. Letters Patent filed November 27, 1925, 29 Serial No. 71,834. In the construction of buildings having masonry walls of tile, brick or blocks, laid in courses with the use of mortar, cement, or

a a similar bonding material, it is the present practice to arrange Wood frames or bucks in the openings for the doors and windows and it is essential that this buck or frame be anchored or tied to the wall structure soas to rigidly secure said buck or frame'and provide 30 a substantial structure on which a door may be hung and to which the trimming for the door or window opening may be fastened.

I propose to provide buck anchors or ties that are formed in strips from sheet metal, wire netting, or the like, and to cut, or .slot said stripsjso that sections. thereof may be readily bent outwardly from the main'body portions of thestrips and which outwardly bent portions are designed'to occupy positions in the mortar joints between the tiles, bricks, or blocks that form the wall'in which the buck is located. 1

A further object of my invention is to provide a tie or anchor of the character referred to that may be easily and cheaply produced, readily manipulated when applied to the frame or buck and to the tile'or brick to which the buck or frame is anchored, and further to provide atie our-anchor that willbe very effective in performing the functions for p which it is intended.

vVith the foregoing and other objects in view, my'invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a portion of a buck anchor or tie of my improved construction.

Fig. 2'is a vertical section taken through a portion of a buck or frame with my improved tie or anchor secured thereto and with portions of said tie or anchor arranged inthe mortar joints between the courses of, the adjacent tile or brick wall.

Fig. 3 is a persective view' of awood buck or frame positioned in a wall opening and showing my improvedv anchor and tie ap-. plied foruse. I I I Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10, designates an elongated strip of sheet metal, the length of. which is suclithat the'stripwill extend-continuously from thelower end of the side member of the bu'ck or frame 11 to the top thereof The strip is firmly secured to the outer face of the buck or frame in any suitable manner, preferably by means of nails 13 (see F ig. 2). I

' The sheet metal from which the body of V the anchor is formed is cut in vertically dis.-

posed parallel lines as designated by 14 to formnarrow elongated sections-15 at the sides of the anchor, and which latter are8 adapted to be bent outwardly into substantially horizontal planes so as to occupy the mortar joints between thev courses of tile or.

brick that form the building Wall and which {are laid against the buck orYfr'ame' 11. f

.Atthe upper ends oftheverticallydisv posed parallel cuts14, the material forming the anchoris cut-onhoriz ontal lines outwardly to the edgesof the. strip as designated by 16, thus forming lines of separation between the upper. ends of the anchoring members 15 and the body of the strip, and to temporarily connect the upperends ofsaid members '15 to the strip body short portions of the outlines 16 intermediate their ends are in the form of perforated lines 17. This arrangement effectually ties the upper ends of the tie members 15 to the body of the strip before the latter is applied to the buck or frame and at the same time, such te1npo rary connection enables the upper ends of said members 15 to be readily detached or separated. from the body of the strip by the workmen engaged in laying the tile or brick walls and bent downwardly into the mortar joints between the courses forming said walls.

In order that the tie members 15 may be very securely anchored in the mortar joints, said members 15 are preferably perforated as designated by 18 throughout their entire lengths and the shape and size of these perforations may vary as desired.

The combined anchoring and tie members contemplated by my invention may be made in various lengths and widths to suit different building conditions and said members may be constructed from ordinary sheet metal, expanded metal, or of suitable wire netting or metal fabric.

The strips are capable of being readily secured to the buck or frame by carpenters and, as the masons lay the tile, brick, or blocks of the wall structure, the parts of the strips forming the tiessmay be readily detached or separated and bent outwardly and downwardly, so as to occupy horizontal positions in the mortar joints, thus providing a firm and substantial anchor and tie between the buclr or frame and wall structure.

Obviously, the tie members that are bent from the bodies of the strips, are formed or spaced on said strips, so that when bent outwardly, they will occupy horizontal planes corresponding to the joints between the tile or brick in the wall and which oints are regularly spaced depending, of course, upon the size of the tile or wall-forming members.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved wood buck anchor may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: 7

1. As a new article of manufacture, a multiple wood buck anchor comprising a strip of sheet material that is composed of a plurality of connected perforated portions that are formed at predetermined intervals throughout length of said strip and which perforated portions are adapted to be bent outwardly away from the body of the strip.

2. The combination with a wood buck the wall structure in which said wood. buck is arranged, of a multiple tie and anchor comprising a strip of sheet material secured to the outer face of said wood buck and consisting of a plurality of connected portions that are adapted to be bent outwardly from the main body portion thereof so as to occupy positions in the mortar joints of said wall structure.

The combination with a wood buck and the wall structure in which said wood buck is arranged, of a multiple tie and anchor comprising a strip of sheet material secured to the outer face of said wood buck, and comprising a plurality of connected portions that are adapted to be bent outwardly from the main body portion thereof so as to occupy positions in the mortar joints of said wall structure and which outwardly bent portions are perforated.

i. The combination with a wood buck and the wall structure in which said wood buck is positioned, of a multiple tie and anchor comprising a strip of sheet metal secured to the outer face of the wood buck and having a plurality of integral perforated sections formed at predetermined intervals throughout its length, which sections are adapted to be separately bent outwardly from the body of the strip at different elevations so as to occupy the mortar joints in said wall structure.

PALMER GUSTAVESON. 

